I don't really want anyone to SMC, for the record. I've just missed the gist of a couple of conversations recently (which may not even have been here on Hatrack) because of people using acronyms.
Now, I know why people use acronyms. It is a form of jargon that is intended to exclude outsiders to a certain degree. I just feel like registering my irritation at this moment.
Also, I've been told what IANAL stands for, but it's not really sticking.
[ March 19, 2008, 01:30 PM: Message edited by: pooka ]
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
I am not a lawyer.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
DUA
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Okay. I'll try really hard to remember that one.
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
That's not what I thought it meant....
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Originally posted by pooka: Now, I know why people use acronyms. It is a form of jargon that is intended to exclude outsiders to a certain degree.
It's also a more efficient method of communicating. For instance, in classes my profs often acronymize Markov Process (MP), Fictious Play (FP), Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), etc. The intent is not always to exclude, IMO FWIW but YMMV.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Whenever I see FTW, I always see the letters as representing the same words as those in WTF before I remember what it actually means.
And QFT bugs me, for some reason.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:I don't really want anyone to SMC, for the record.
Does SMC have a meaning I'm not familiar with? Because this makes no sense to me coming from you.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
It's a movie line. I've never heard it anywhere else and certainly never acronymized. But I imagine there might be 3 people on hatrack familiar enough with the movie to place the line and get the context. So I'm doing it to exclude people who throw other acronyms around, guessing they are unlikely to get this one.
Also, I don't know which particular 3 people. I'm just saying it would be a small number. I'm actually fairly embarassed about it and wish I'd thought about it a little longer before posting the thread.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: And QFT bugs me, for some reason.
QFT! Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Urbandictionary.com ftw.
pooka: How would someone "SMC" you? Is there something you're not telling us?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Most online acronyms bug me, actually. I figure if you're going to spend so much time typing a whole post, why not spend another second or two and spell out everything?
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Whenever I see FTW, I always see the letters as representing the same words as those in WTF before I remember what it actually means.
For teh win?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Boy. Is my face ever red. No, I did not mean that, though thinking on it, maybe that was the original movie line.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
pooka: Perhaps you should change it to DIAF? (definition 1-5... not #6)
Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
Could you tell us what you thought it meant? I'm curious.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
The movie in question was "As good as it gets".
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
I don't know what any of those mean.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Well, the one I didn't mean had a part of the body a woman lacks as "c".
The one I did mean was not really much better, but had the virtue of being said in a movie by Jack Nicholas.
P.S. I guess I won't delete this right away. I mean, I apologize profusely if I've caused anyone to think any impure thoughts (however absurd they may be.)
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tara:
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Whenever I see FTW, I always see the letters as representing the same words as those in WTF before I remember what it actually means.
For teh win?
P'raps he meant FWIW? Or FTR?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jon Boy: Most online acronyms bug me, actually. I figure if you're going to spend so much time typing a whole post, why not spend another second or two and spell out everything?
Just cuz.
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
Psh'yeah.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
FTW = For the win.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
I like to use RADAR and SCUBA in an effort to confuse and exclude! I PTF who doesn't know my acronyms!
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
ILIWAPCT.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
IncognitoLibertinesIgnoreWomenAndPoliticallyCorrectTyranny. TTBOIIDDA
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lisa:
quote:Originally posted by Tara:
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Whenever I see FTW, I always see the letters as representing the same words as those in WTF before I remember what it actually means.
For teh win?
P'raps he meant FWIW? Or FTR?
No, I meant FTW.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
WTF?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
FowTheWecowd
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
FTW, FWIW,
People who talk in metaphors oughta SMC.
My wife got this one. Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:The one I did mean was not really much better, but had the virtue of being said in a movie by Jack Nicholas.
QFT
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
QuantumFieldTheory
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
GOEHB DPER TPDWY LOL!
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
I always read it as Quit *&^(ing Talking. I was so confused.
Posted by Fusiachi (Member # 7376) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: IncognitoLibertinesIgnoreWomenAndPoliticallyCorrectTyranny. TTBOIIDDA
This thread begets ostentatious interpretation (of) intricate, deliberately-designed acronyms.
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